Results trickle in from Madagascar's first election since coup


  • World
  • Saturday, 26 Oct 2013

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Results trickled in from Madagascar's presidential election on Saturday, though it was too early to identify a dominant candidate in the vote that many hope will save a cash-starved economy left crippled by a coup.

A credible poll would be an important step towards luring back tourists and investors who were scared off when mutinous troops swept former disc jockey Andry Rajoelina to power in the Indian Ocean island in 2009.

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